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The Love Flower 

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PRICE 15 CENTS 



Eldridge Entertainment House 

Franklin, Ohio aaS Denver, Colo. 

944 So. Logan Street 



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children. The Christmas Angel shows her complete 
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Eldridge Entertainment House 

FRANKLIN, OHIO also DENVER, COLO. 

944 S. Logan St. 



The Love Flower 



By BELL ELIOTT PALMER 



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Copyright 1921. Eldridge Entertainment House 



Published By 

ELDRIDGE ENTERTAINMENT HOUSE 

FRANKLIN, OHIO DENVER, COLO 

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DEC 191921 



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CHARACTERS 



Six or ten little girls, ages 8 to 11 

The Daisy, The Nasturtium, The Forget-Me- 

Not, The Rose, The Buttercup, The Tulip, The 

Violet, The Pansy- The Daffodil. 

The Love-Flower— The Lily 

The Gardener — Boy of 10 or 11 



Properties — Crepe paper dresses and caps, made as 
near like the flower each girl represents as possible, with 
paper flowers of character represented on dress and cap. 
Green squares of cheesecloth to cover flowers for open- 
ing scene. Cushion and gilt paper crown and sceptre for 
queen. Rake, umbrella, watering pot, straw hat and 
overalls for gardener. 

Scene — Indoors or out. Indoors: Use tree branches 
banked as woods ; palms and ferns scattered about ; thick 
scattering of mown grass or alfalfa. Outdoors : Any at- 
tractive lawn spot. 



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Scene opens with girls in costume kneeling with 
boived heads in scattered spots on stage — all well covered 
with squares of green cheesecloth to represent mother 
earth. Heroine, near front of stage, covered with rag- 
ged gunny-sack. 

Gardener — (whistling into view in overalls, straw 
hat, rake over shoulder; stops at each mound; looks at it 
or touches it interestedly) Yes, it is just as I thought. 
That fine spring rain last night woke the dear flowers 
out of their first sleep. (Looks u/p at sky,) A little dig- 
ging about their roots and some of this fine sunshine 
will bring them into full beauty of bloom. (Rakes gen- 
tly a moment About several mounds, then steps off to 
look at them,) I wonder which will be elected queen this 
year. The Rose and the Daisy and the Tulip have all 
had their turn. It seems to me modest Violet or sweet 
Daffodil ought to be queen next. (Stops surprised in 
front of the ragged gunny-sack.) Ho! What is this? 
Some poor little seed has had a hard time to grow at all. 
I must give it much of my care. (Drops on knee, pats 
around roots, lays green grass gently about gunny-sack, 
then looks at water-pot.) Empty! That will never do. 
I will go to the spring for the coolest water and coax this 
little sick flower into life. (Exit, rear of stage behind 
trees.) 

(Mounds stir gently, all but the gunny-sack one, 
tremble, rise slowly, throw off their green cheesecloth 
sheath and stand forth beautiful flower-girls, sleepily 
rubbing their eyes and yawning.) 



The Love Flower 



Rose — Welcome, little sisters, into this beautiful 
world again. As your queen, I bid you bloom your pret- 
tiest, to cheer all life. 

Tulip — (opening her eyes luidej Your advice is 
good, dear Rose, but no one has been elected our queen 
for this year. Now, I am always bright and gay — 

Daisy — (skipping suddenly nearer her) But you 
stand stiffly for hours, while I dance with gladness all 
day long in the meadow. As a queen — 

Buttercup — Yes, you flit and dance, but I am made 
of solid good. Who could make a better queen ? 

Nasturtium — (earnestly) But I am more faithful. 
I stay with the world's children long after the rest of 
you have gone to sleep. 

Daffodil — (scornfully) I am all those things and 
more. My heart is gold. I sway on my stem to every 
breeze, and my fragrance is just a bit sweeter than the 
rose's own. 

Rose — (quietly) Not so! (Turning to Violet, Pan- 
sy and Forget-Me-Not, who have joined hands, but re- 
TTiain bashfully in the background.) If we must change 
our queen, why do we not hear from our three sweet sis- 
ters, the Violet, Pansy and Forget-Me-Not? 

Forget-Me-Not — I do not ask for high places — only 
that you will love me and not forget me. 

Pansy — I may hold up my face a bit proudly, but 
my home is close to the beautiful earth. I do not long 
to climb as high as a throne. 

Violet — Oh, I would wilt away and die if I had to 
wear a crown. I like to peep out of my cool green leaves 
and make the children happy finding me. That is quite 
enough. 

Rose — (approaching gunny -sack mound) What have 
we here Come, let us see what we can do to help this 
stranger. She seems so frail. 

Daffodil — (rushing to back of stage for umbrella) I 



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will shield her from the hottest sun with this. (Opens 
and places at hack of gunny-sack mound.) 

Violet — (gently) And I will wrap my green leaves 
about her in the chill of the evening. (Kneels and puts 
her green sheathed arms tenderly about her.) 

Tulip — I will pile the green grass high against her 
roots, that the sun's rays may not be too strong. (Be- 
gins gathering armful of grass.) 

Daffodil — (seizing upon a water-pot) And I will 
keep the grass moist if the days are dry and warm. 

Rose and Pansy — ^We will whisper her sweet, fra- 
grant messages of the joys of this world. That will give 
her heart. 

Forget-Me-Not — If she does come to life among us, 
we could make her our new queen. 

Gardener — (entering with water-pot, rake and thin 
covering) Well, well, most welcome, my dear flowers! 
Here, you have sprung into life while I was away get- 
ting help for your little sick sister yonder. (Points to 
gunny-sack mound.) It will take a lot of love and care 
to help her into life. Will you give it? 

All — (in chorus) We will! We will! 

Rose — (reaching out hand to form circle) Let us 
try first what love will do, and sing her a welcoming 
song. (They join hands and move about in circle, recit- 
ing, while gardener, in middle, rakes grass about mound) 
Dear little sister of ours- it fills our hearts with sadness. 

To see you lie so still and cold in our world of light and 

gladness. 
Come and join us in our sport and make the children's 

lives all gay, 
We love you so, we'll make you queen — Oh, come to us, 

we pray. 
The ring breaks and they stand, watching as the 
mound slowly stirs, then moves upivard, the gunny-sack 
dropping off as a beautiful Lily-Girl rises into vieiv, 
slowly rubbing her eyes. 



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All — (in chorus) Our queen! Our queen! 

Rose— r-Yes, she has a fragrance as sweet as mine. 

Tulip — And a heart of solid gold! 

Daffodil — With a modesty as dainty as our little 
Violet and Forget-Me-Not. 

Pansy — And a purity past all of us. 

Lily — (holding out glad arms) Oh, I do not ask to 
be your queen, my dear sister flowers. I want only your 
love. I was cold and ill and could not bloom. Then I 
heard your loving words and was warmed into life. 

Gardener — But she must be our queen. We, her sub- 
jects- all love her, and she was born of love. That is the 
best kind of queen ! (Hands a gilt paper crown to Rose, 
with tvhite lily in front.) Kneel, dear Lily, White Rose 
crowns you queen. (Daffodil places green silk cushion 
for Lily, who knsels ivhile Rose crowns her and hands 
her sceptre.) 

(All join hands around the new queen, who rises iii 
circle, and recite, bowing to audience.) 

We hope you'll like our choice of queen — the Lily, born of 

love, 
And feel that we are sent to you as thoughts from God 

above. 




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FRANKLIN, OHIO also ?f NY^^' ^^^iJ' 

944 S. Logan St. 



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FRANKLIN, OHIO also DENVER, COLO. 

944 S. Logan St. 



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The Love Flower 

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Eldridge Entertainment House 

FRANKLIN, OHIO also DENVER, COLO. 

944 S. Logan St. 



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reasons for the theft all come out later and of course, 
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"manners." Miss Burnett, however, appears in dis- 
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Eldridge Entertainment House 

FRANKLIN, OHIO also DENVER, COLO. 

944 S. Logan St. 



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